[holtalanm]

Was gonna say that. Gas burners don't give any such warning.

When I was a kid, I remember seeing my neighbors truck going up in flames in mere SECONDS. They got in the truck, turned the key, and it didn't start. They felt the dashboard and it was hot. As soon as they got out, the whole truck went up in flames.

This was an older truck, but still, can't think of any vehicles nowadays besides a high-tech car giving a warning about impending immolation.

[LeifCarrotson]

I wonder if they could add sensors for fire detection to an ICE vehicle, or if the fact that it literally contains thousands of fires a second, belches smoke out the exhaust pipe, and has internal components at hundreds of degrees makes this impossible?

[dsfyu404ed]

I'm betting the warning from tesla was basically a "if the battery sensors go out of normal range on the high side and don't respond to additional cooling system input then tell the passengers to gtfo" Which isn't much more advanced than the old "printer on fire" error.